Masters age 51??

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Considering leaving work to do a Masters in psychotherapy. It is roughly 50/50 college and work experience.
I graduated with a psychology degree 25 years ago! Kids have gone to uni and it's time for me again.
Just concerned that at 51, my menopause brain won't cope with learning new stuff/ assignments etc!
Anyone done anything similar at this age?

… Have you not read any of the threads on this board?

But seriously, do take a look. Maybe here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mature_students/4395398-Has-anyone-completed-a-MSc-Psychology-Conversion-course?msgid=113775989

Or here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mature_students/4363246-What-are-your-top-tips-for-mature-students?msgid=111253745

Or you could even go back to the Ark:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mature_students/4362811-NEW-BOARD?msgid=111239120

And do read the transcripts thread if you haven’t yet thought about yours. Though it sounds as if you know what you’re doing.

Omg thank you for those links. Couldn’t find the mature student thread. I have to confess to feeling a little tearful as I found a thread for people doing the exact course I want to do and lots of really helpful info about how to manage time etc. And thinking maybe it’s possible.

I started mine last September at 51 (in Education and Early Childhood). I work full-time and getting all the reading done can be a challenge, but it's given me the intellectual stimulation I needed and I'm enjoying it no end.

I will be 50 when I finish my masters! I am working part-time. My children are younger. It is a challenge- but nearly there! I just have to be really organised and make sure family know when I am doing an essay.

Doing my psychotherapy training at....a bit more than 51! (Only a bit, mind ). The way I see it, therapy is what I hope to be doing as long as possible, ie hoping to go beyond ‘retirement’ age, so it’s a reasonable investment. Even if it were an MA in something completely non work-related, I’d say go for it! Are you on a 4-year course? Mine is a level 7, or Masters equivalent.

I’ve just finished a masters and I’m 57, go for it OP

Niche or mainstream subject, Bideyinn?

(Congratulations, btw!)

Probably quite niche? Absolutely nothing to do with my long term profession but would allow me to switch paths if i could cope with a huge drop in salary!

I'm doing one, I'm 53, fairly niche. It is just formalising what I do in an area of my job and I thought it would be easy because of that. 😂, it isn't. Things have changed in the last twenty years (since my last Masters) study wise it seems.

I do enjoy it though, gives me something to do in the winter evenings, more of a challenge to make the time when the weather is good imo but overall, I am pleased I took the plunge. I work FT.

Mine was ridiculously niche, wholly outside my past experience, nothing to do with my previous profession. Have realised I graduated from my MA exactly thirty years after graduating from my BA …

My new not-quite-career is terrifying and absorbing and challenging and brings rare moments of utter joy.

@PavlovtheCat01 Wondering how you’re getting on with applying for or studying on your dream course.

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